Pillow-sham holder.



UNITED STATES lPATENT OFFICE.

MARY A. YENNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PILLOW-SHANI HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent o.r`1'01,984, dated June 10, 1902.

Application tiled October 4, 1900.

T0 a/ZZ whom it mctyconoern:

Be it known that I, MARY A. YENNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chi-v cago, in the county of` Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pillow-Sham Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates particularly to that class of holders which are adapted to be removablysecured to bedsteads for the purpose of lholding the pillow-shams in position, and has for its object the providing of a simple, economical, and eiiicient pillow-sham holder; and the invention consists in the features, combinations, and details of construction hereinafter described-and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a holderconstructed in accordance with my improvements, showing it as attached to a bedstead with a section of the pillow-sham attached to the holder and held thereby; Fig. 2,l a perspective View of the clamping and socket portion, showing the clamp in its closed position; Fig. 3, a perspective view of the clamping-screw mechanism; Fig. 4., a perspective View of .the

clamping and socket portion, showing the' sbar.

clamp in its open position with a portion of the socket removed; Fig. 5, a perspective view of a modified form of the clamping and socket portion, and Fig. 6 a perspective view of one end of the supporting-bar.

In the art to which this invention relates-it' is well known that it is desirable to have the pillow-sham holder so constructed that it may be readily secured to the posts of a metal bed to permit the ready insertion and removal of the supporting-bar and shams, all of which will be more fully understood from an inspection of the drawings and the following description and claims.

In constructing a holder in accordance with my improvements I make a supporting-bar a of the desired size and shape, having a horizontal sham-supporting portion and two inwardly anddownwardlyprojecting ends b b. This bar may be made in one integral portion, as shown in the drawings, and I prefer to make it in such manner on account of the simplicity, economy of manufacture, durability, and ease of manipulation.

To hold the bar in position, I provide two serial No. 32,007. (No man.)

. clamps c, formed, preferably, of metallic bands adapted and arranged to encircle and grasp the bedposts d." These clamps, as shown, are formed so that each has projecting ends e, one of whichiis provided with a socket e', into which the j downwardly-projecting ends of the supporting-bar may be inserted and removably held in place to permit the easy removal of thebar without loosening or manipulating the clamp. Clampingscrews j", having thumb-nuts'upon the threaded ends` thereof, are provided and` passed through. theneck portion or projecting ends of the clamps at g, between the socket and post-clamping portion, so as to provide means (by-which the clamps are held on the bedposts. An inspection of the drawings will show that these kclamps andsockets may be readily raised and lowered or'turned on the posts in a suitable manner'to yobtain various adjustments, and'tbereby provide for varying conditions and structures, all of which will be thoroughly appreciated by those versedin the art.

It is desirable that means be provided I whereby the shams may be readily fastened to the horizontal portion of the supporting- To accomplish this, I wind upon such portion a web h, made preferably of cloth, to which the pillow-shams` may be attached by means of pins, as shown infFig.l.`

In use the clamps are iirst' placed in position on the posts ofthe bedstead and adjusted to suit the length of bar and size of shams and then secured in such position'. The ends of the supporting-bar are neXt inserted in the clamp-sockets, and such bar `is then ready to receive the shams. To remove the shams,

" the "supporting-bar is removed, which act also removes the shams, or, when desired, the

shams may be fastened yto the bar or removed u therefrom 'while the bar is off the bed, thus facilitating the changing of the shams.

The principal advantages of a shamholder constructed in accordance with-my 'improvements are, first, it is simple, durable, and j economical to manufacture; second, it can readily be adjustedto suit different sizes of bedstead; third, shams may be readily removed or fastened to the holder while it is off the bed; fourth, the shams and holder may be removed together from. the bed and re- IOO placed when desired, thus preventing them from being wrinkled and disheveled, as when folded or turned up and left hanging at the head of the bed While in use; fth, it provides a structure that is not unsightly when the shams are removed, as above described; and, sixth, it prevents sagging or drooping of the shams when in position.

I claiml. InapilloW-sham holder,thecombination of two clamping portions each having projecting ends, a socket upon a projecting end of each clamping portion, clamping-screw mechanism for holding the clamping portions in position on a bed, and a removable supportingbar provided with projections at an angle with the main body portion thereof mounted non-rotatably in the sockets, substantially as described.

2. In a pillow-sham holder, the combination of two circular metallic clamps each having projecting ends one of which for each clamp is provided with a socket, clamping mechanism for holding such clamps in position on a bedstead, and a non-rotatable supporting-bar having two downwardly-projecting portions removably mounted in the sockets, and provided With means for securing the pillowsham thereto substantially as described.

3. In apilloW-sham l1o1der,the combination of two circular metallic clamps each having projecting ends one of which for each clamp is provided with a socket, clamping-screw mechanism for holding such clamps and sockets adjustably in position on the posts of the bedstead, a one-piece Web-covered removable supporting-bar having inwardly and downwardly projecting ends nou-rotatably mounted inthe sockets, substantially as described.

MARY A. YENNER.

Witnesses:

THOMAS F. SHERIDEN, H. I. CROMER. 

